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Well he is still alive, but barely. He comes part way out of his shell now & then, but is unable to crawl. The other night he came pretty far out of his shell & I was able to see that some of his "skin" was torn from the inside of his shell & I could see way up inside there. It kills me, but I...

About 2 weeks ago I posted here asking for help with an ich problem. I've now had the tank at about 87* for about 2 weeks. Based on info I some of the info posted here I also dropped the water level a little & turned up my filter (AC30) to agitate the water more. My apple snail regularly eats...

Thank you very much for the advice. I do have several large rocks & pieces of driftwood for the ADF to hide in. I'll start increasing the temp now. Does about 1* every 6 hours sound right?

Thank you, I would be more comfortable with raising the temp rather than adding something. The thing I was worried about was the snail & frog... They should be OK in 86* water then?

little info first... 20G tank, 78* F, AC30 HOB filter, no live plants Tank contains: 5 odessa barbs, 4 marbled hatchetfish, 1 rainbow shark, 1 apple snail, and 1 ADF. 2 of the barbs & 1 of the hatchets were added about a week & a half ago, along with a 5th hatchet that died yesterday (he was...

Lights sound interesting. I'd like to see some before / after pics =)

Thank you for the info, that's what I was afraid of =) I'll have to wait a little while to get started on this then.... maybe a good summer project =) Unfortunately I'm moving in a couple weeks & am poor due to related expenses... I think my gf would kill me if I started buying more equipment...

Hello, I would like to start a couple of plants in my 20g tank, but I don't have a lot of money right now. The light I have now is the fluorescent fixture that came with the tank with a 15w bulb. I was wondering if I would need to replace the entire fixture, or can I just get a brighter bulb to...

The tank has been running since last september. Before the aquaclear filter I was just using the whisper20 that came with my tank kit. I use aquasafe dechlorinator with my pwc's, is this similar to stresscoat? That's the only think I could think of... but like I said, i have removed the light...

This morning they are slightly more red, still not close to their normal color. They are still acting pretty nervous.

yes, they are eating fine. I just poured some blood worms in there & they went right after them as usual. I don't know what stresscoat is, lol. Temp is a steady 78F, and has been since establishing the tank. They get chased by my red finned shark some, but that is usual. he never nips, only...

Hello, I have a 20 gal unplanted tank with included lighting and a aquaclear 30 filter, which i just installed about 2 weeks ago. Yesterday afternoon I removed the light fixture for about 2 hours to install some LED moonlights. Ever since putting the light back on my 3 odessa barbs have been...

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Great post. This is a big part of why I have been so fascinated with this hobby for the past few months (since I got into it). It always seems to be the most stressful times that make you slow down, think, and put things into perspective. Watching my fish always calms me down during these times...

That's true, but I find the notion of asking a small group of people to move to a more structurally secure area amusing =P